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As a new generation of consoles looms, current models are being packaged up for movies and socializing.

And it's all about the game consoles. How will Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony stave off mobile and social games?

Advertisers are not amused. In the upcoming version of Windows, Internet Explorer will have its "Do Not Track" feature turned on by default. Goodbye creepy ads that seem to follow you around -- hello, more generic ads for great deals on car insurance?

Add another player to the digital textbook market. Microsoft announced at $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble's Nook reader.

When you think ebooks, the iPad and the Kindle come to mind -- not Microsoft Windows. But Microsoft's been losing enough ground in tablets and e-readers that today it's decided to spend $300 million to invest in Barnes & Noble's Nook digital-book business.

We found out this morning that Microsoft is investing $300 million in Barnes & Noble's digital book business. Why would the sometime rivals decide to join together?

Google Drive premieres, offering users five gigabytes or more of space for documents, pictures, videos, what-have-yous. Plus, learn this term: liquidmetal.

The software graybeard may have a future in mobile after all.

The Windows Phone platform is about to get a big boost from Nokia. The Finnish company is launching the Lumia 900, a smartphone that runs on Windows. Also, Google wants to put a computer in your glasses.

Microsoft's iconic workhorse is gone from the latest version of Windows.